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Immunomedics Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results and Clinical Program Developments

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., Nov. 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immunomedics, Inc. (Nasdaq:IMMU), a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal, antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2010. The Company also highlighted recent key developments and planned activities for the development of the clinical pipeline.
/ Source: GlobeNewswire

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J., Nov. 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immunomedics, Inc. (Nasdaq:IMMU), a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal, antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2010. The Company also highlighted recent key developments and planned activities for the development of the clinical pipeline.

First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results

The Company reported total revenues of $1.5 million and a net loss of $6.5 million, or $0.09 per share, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, which ended September 30, 2010.  This compares to total revenues of $39.0 million and net income of $32.0 million, or $0.42 per share, for the same period last year. The decrease in revenues this quarter was primarily the result of the recording of $37.9 million of license fee revenues from the UCB and Nycomed Agreements in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 due to the fact that the Company completed all of its obligations associated with the upfront fees deferred under these agreements. There was no licensing fee revenue recorded in this quarter.  

As of September 30, 2010, the Company had $23.2 million in cash and cash equivalents. On October 29, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service notified the Company that its applications for the certification for qualified investments under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program were approved. Accordingly, the Company will receive an aggregate amount of $2.9 million, most of which is expected to be received during the second quarter of fiscal 2011.

"We are pleased that this quarter we were able to support an aggressive clinical and R&D agenda while maintaining our cash utilization rate at the expected level," commented Gerard G. Gorman, Senior Vice President, Finance and Business Development, and Chief Financial Officer. "As described in our recent R&D day presentation, our main focus is on completing the Phase Ib/II pancreatic cancer trial with clivatuzumab tetraxetan and continuing the enrollment of patients with multiple myeloma into the milatuzumab-doxorubicin study. In addition, we plan to bring a new antibody-drug conjugate involving SN-38, the active metabolite of irinotecan, into clinical testing this fiscal year," he added.

The Company hosted a R&D day on Friday, October 15, 2010, during which outside clinical investigators and Immunomedics' senior management team provided an in-depth discussion of the Company's product pipeline, science and preclinical developments. An archive of the webcast is available for replay via the Investor Relations page on the Company's website at .

Key developments and future planned activities:

Epratuzumab

  • Initial results from Cancer and Leukemia Group B's Phase II study combining epratuzumab and rituximab in patients with previously untreated follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma will be reported in an oral presentation at the 2010 American Society of Hematology annual meeting on Monday, December 6, 2010.
     
  • Two Phase III trials, Embody 1 & 2, for epratuzumab in systemic lupus erythematosus are expected to start as planned by UCB by the end of the 2010 calendar year.

Veltuzumab

  • Nycomed is planning to submit regulatory filings for a Phase II study of the subcutaneous formulation of veltuzumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis during the fourth quarter of calendar year 2010.

Milatuzumab

  • Preliminary results from a Phase I/II study sponsored by Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University to evaluate the combination of milatuzumab and veltuzumab in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma will be presented at the 2010 American Society of Hematology annual meeting on Sunday, December 5, 2010.

About Immunomedics

Immunomedics is a New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal, antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases. We have developed a number of advanced proprietary technologies that allow us to create humanized antibodies that can be used either alone in unlabeled or "naked" form, or conjugated with radioactive isotopes, chemotherapeutics, cytokines or toxins, in each case to create highly targeted agents. Using these technologies, we have built a pipeline of therapeutic product candidates that utilize several different mechanisms of action. We also have a majority ownership in IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which is developing a novel Dock-and-Lock (DNL) methodology with us for making fusion proteins and multifunctional antibodies, and a new method of delivering imaging and therapeutic agents selectively to disease, especially different solid cancers (colorectal, lung, pancreas, etc.), by proprietary, antibody-based, pretargeting methods. We believe that our portfolio of intellectual property, which includes approximately 154 patents issued in the United States and more than 375 other patents issued worldwide, protects our product candidates and technologies. For additional information on us, please visit our website at . The information on our website does not, however, form a part of this press release.

This release, in addition to historical information, may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements, including statements regarding clinical trials, out-licensing arrangements (including the timing and amount of contingent payments), forecasts of future operating results, and capital raising activities, involve significant risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied herein. Factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to, risks associated with new product development (including clinical trials outcome and regulatory requirements/actions), our dependence on our licensing partners for the further development of epratuzumab for autoimmune indications and veltuzumab for non-cancer indications, competitive risks to marketed products and availability of required financing and other sources of funds on acceptable terms, if at all, as well as the risks discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is not under any obligation, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation, to update or alter any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CONTACT: Immunomedics, Inc. Dr. Chau Cheng, Director, Investor Relations & Grant Management (973) 605-8200, extension 123 ccheng@immunomedics.com